First Album That Got You Into Your Favourite Band(s)

The Batlord · 10-30-2017, 01:07 PM

Can't say Risk got me into Megadeth, that would be Countdown to Extinction, but a few of the songs that got me highly interested at 13-14 were from that album. I honestly like it more now than I did then. Shout at to "Crush 'Em", "Prince of Darkness", and "Breadline" from my childhood.

~~MicShazam~~ · 10-30-2017, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Can't say Risk got me into Megadeth, that would be Countdown to Extinction, but a few of the songs that got me highly interested at 13-14 were from that album. I honestly like it more now than I did then. Shout at to "Crush 'Em", "Prince of Darkness", and "Breadline" from my childhood.

I don't really consider it among their strongest material anymore, but at the time, I really liked it. Plus, importantly, there was a second disc which had sample songs from their earlier albums, so I got a sudden crash course in the band and got pretty deep into their music fast.

rubber soul · 10-30-2017, 01:14 PM

Okay, now that I have the spirit of this thread...

The Beatles- 1962-1966
David Bowie- The Man Who Sold the World
Elvis Costello- Get Happy
The Zombies- Time of the Zombies
The Kinks- Kinkdom

The Batlord · 10-30-2017, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I don't really consider it among their strongest material anymore, but at the time, I really liked it. Plus, importantly, there was a second disc which had sample songs from their earlier albums, so I got a sudden crash course in the band and got pretty deep into their music fast.

I honestly consider it a highly good pop metal/hard rock album that does what Metallica wish they could have done with Load and Reload. I mean those albums are fairly entertaining pop rock with a good pop sense, but Risk has way more personality. Too bad the band's name was so goofy, Dave's voice was too cheesy for public consumption, and Megadeth simply didn't have the name recognition at the time to overcome their metal past. In another life though that album could have pushed serious units.

~~MicShazam~~ · 10-30-2017, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I honestly consider it a highly good pop metal/hard rock album that does what Metallica wish they could have done with Load and Reload. I mean those albums are fairly entertaining pop rock with a good pop sense, but Risk has way more personality. Too bad the band's name was so goofy, Dave's voice was too cheesy for public consumption, and Megadeth simply didn't have the name recognition at the time to overcome their metal past. In another life though that album could have pushed serious units.

There's definitely some standout tracks on it. I like Breadline, Ecstacy, Wanderlust, Seven and Time-The End in particular. The latter was ruined by added vocal overdubs in the 2004 remaster which is what a lot of people probably end up listening to. Insomnia somehow got better, with a lot of the effects stripped away.

Anyhow, I actually quite like ReLoad and would probably pick it over Risk. Just delete the first three tracks on ReLoad and it rules!

Psy-Fi · 11-05-2017, 07:14 AM

A few I can recall at the moment...

Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
Blue Öyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
The Beatles - Help!
Captain Beefheart - Bongo Fury
Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention - Freak Out!
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
The Doors - 13
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Neil Young - Decade
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
The Stooges - Raw Power
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned
Buzzcocks - A Different Kind of Tension
The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope
The Jam - Sound Affects
Gang of Four - Another Day/Another Dollar (EP)
X - Under the Big Black Sun
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
D.O.A. - Something Better Change
XTC - Black Sea
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
Sun Ra - The Nubians of Plutonia
Sonny Rollins - East Broadway Run Down
Roland Kirk - Bright Moments
The Mermen - A Glorious Lethal Euphoria
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
Link Wray - Bullshot
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight
Nancy Sinatra - Boots
Moby Grape - Moby Grape
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Love - Forever Changes
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
James Brown - Black Caesar
Grupo Fantasma - Grupo Fantasma
The Mallett Brothers Band - Low down
The Velvet Underground - Loaded
Lou Reed - Transformer
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
John Lee Hooker - Burning Hell
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
The Who - Tommy
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow
The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
The Turtles - It Ain't Me Babe
Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
B.B. King - Live at the Regal
Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness and Charm

OccultHawk · 11-05-2017, 07:18 AM

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Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

I was in love before I even listened to it.

Stephen · 08-06-2021, 08:54 PM

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Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions

Just came across this album. I like the vibe they were going for, especially layering the choral and brass elements. Opening track was maybe a little ponderous but I really liked Big Church and Hunting and Gathering.

Norg · 08-07-2021, 04:00 PM

MY older sister and dad influnced my music taste early on

my dad grew up in the hippie gen / phase 70's 80's all thoes rock and metal bands he would show me and we would listen to all thoes bands like

Zeppelin,Sabbath, metallica , COC ,ELP ,Rainbow,Tararus , etc etc

my sister like Hip hop RNB and pop and this was the mid 90's when all the east coast west coast stuff was going down... stuff like snoop Ashanti coolio brandi etc etc

somehow tho the first CD i bought with my own money was Prodigy -Fat of the land and RATM- evil empire so pre NU metal phase is were it all started for me i was hooked then KORN/Deftones came along i was on cloud 9 LOL

Drjohnrock · 08-07-2021, 11:12 PM

The Fall--This Nation's Saving Grace
Johnny Dowd--Pictures From Life's Other Side
Webb Wilder--It Came From Nashville
Led Zeppelin--Led Zeppelin II
American Music Club--The Restless Stranger
Steppenwolf-Steppenwolf 7
The Paranoid Style--Rolling Disclosures
The Creepers--Rock 'N' Roll Licorice Flavor
The Damned--The Black Album
Graham Parker--Stick To Me
Loudon Wainwright III--Unrequited
Reverend Horton Heat--Liquor In The Front
Steely Dan--Countdown To Esctasy
Tyvek--Origin Of What
Half Japanese--Charmed Life
Jad Fair--Monarchs
Creedence Clearwater Revival--Green River

I may add others later. It's pretty late as I type this.

08-07-2021, 04:00 PM	#29 (permalink)
Norg Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,344	MY older sister and dad influnced my music taste early on my dad grew up in the hippie gen / phase 70's 80's all thoes rock and metal bands he would show me and we would listen to all thoes bands like Zeppelin,Sabbath, metallica , COC ,ELP ,Rainbow,Tararus , etc etc my sister like Hip hop RNB and pop and this was the mid 90's when all the east coast west coast stuff was going down... stuff like snoop Ashanti coolio brandi etc etc somehow tho the first CD i bought with my own money was Prodigy -Fat of the land and RATM- evil empire so pre NU metal phase is were it all started for me i was hooked then KORN/Deftones came along i was on cloud 9 LOL

08-07-2021, 11:12 PM	#30 (permalink)
Drjohnrock Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 105	The Fall--This Nation's Saving Grace Johnny Dowd--Pictures From Life's Other Side Webb Wilder--It Came From Nashville Led Zeppelin--Led Zeppelin II American Music Club--The Restless Stranger Steppenwolf-Steppenwolf 7 The Paranoid Style--Rolling Disclosures The Creepers--Rock 'N' Roll Licorice Flavor The Damned--The Black Album Graham Parker--Stick To Me Loudon Wainwright III--Unrequited Reverend Horton Heat--Liquor In The Front Steely Dan--Countdown To Esctasy Tyvek--Origin Of What Half Japanese--Charmed Life Jad Fair--Monarchs Creedence Clearwater Revival--Green River I may add others later. It's pretty late as I type this.